Also we had a BAPTISM!!!
I baptized B,
a grandson of a member that was really into bad things, but after he went to
church for the first time he lost all desire and wanted to turn good. It has
been really cool to see his spiritual growth and how his whole demeanor has
changed since we started visiting him.
This week also we have been teaching an old man that studies
theology, his name is A, he
studies the bible every day for hours. He said that he studies so much just so
that when preachers talk to him he can beat them in a bible bash. He was taught
by the sister missionaries like 3 years ago but wasn´t baptized because he was
smoking.
When we visited him this week and left him a Book of Mormon
he started to change, he could see that we could answer all of his questions
and weren´t taken off guard by his tricks. We took him to church yesterday and
when we did a follow up visit to teach the plan of salvation he said "I
know that all of this is true, this is the true church because it has the true,
pure doctrine." When he said the closing prayer he said "Thank you
for sending these missionaries, I have been waiting for them. "He had
stopped smoking just a few months ago and now feels ready to be baptized. So,
we are going to baptize him this weekend!
I really know that this work is guided by God, there are
people here that are ready and waiting to accept the truth, we just need to
find them.
I love you all, until next week!
-Elder Leete
p.s. I spent 70 reais (Brazilian
money) on bus fare this week, but it went to a good cause.
